tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877929872049198216.post8063594710606456501..comments2024-03-14T01:03:08.811-05:00Comments on Cloud of Quilt Patterns: Spiky FansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877929872049198216.post-71305813850103019062019-10-07T09:43:40.984-05:002019-10-07T09:43:40.984-05:00Joy Branham, I agree with you! Names matter, and t...Joy Branham, I agree with you! Names matter, and the difference between New York Beauty and the Rocky Mountain Road and older traditional names is important. The latter denote a cultural tradition; the other a commercial product. Like you, I suggest we overcome the push to obscure the two lines, a push that derived largely from a vanity project.gaye ingramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17725964019337785550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877929872049198216.post-33996233097092402512019-10-07T08:59:31.769-05:002019-10-07T08:59:31.769-05:00Well, I'll go on record as being one of those ...Well, I'll go on record as being one of those Southern quilters who is horrified that this traditional Southern pattern got hijacked and re-named New York Beauty! The reasoning seems to be that it resembles the crown on the Statue of Liberty, but I figure that the people at Mountain Mist were too lazy to do their research. However, I'll even concede that people have a right to call a quilt anything they want to, and also that many of the modern New York Beauty quilts, like the one on Stone's book, bear little resemblance to the traditional Crown of Thorns/Rocky Mountain Road quilts, so I don't have quite as much problem with those. But I truly wish people would refrain from calling a traditional quilt by this new name. If it was made before 1920 it isn't a New York Beauty!Joy Branhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499636105011146270noreply@blogger.com